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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎375r] (754/982)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (487 folios). It was created in 1910. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The lower ground of the Qatrtt vallej is occupied by low, marshy ground,
a salt lake after rain, and a salt desert m dry seasons. Hus ™ n ey's famou
for its herds of wild asses. It is estimated that there are 2,000 heads
the neighbourhood.
Owhm to the failure of some qandts, the wealth and population of the vil
lage has much decreased ; but though at present a miserable wreck, it con
tains several fine old forts and buildings and two wind-towers, which to m
capital landmarks.
From Qatru there are two roads leading to Saidabad, the^ chief town
of the next valley to the east, called Sirjan. Between Qatru and ISinz
the Luiriz range is crossed by the Qatiu pass, 18 miles long, attaining a
the watershed an elevation of 5,640 feet. [Lovett.)
QATRU—(Kuh-i-) vide KUH-I-QATRU.
QAZl—
The third halting place, about 50 miles from Bandar Abbas on the
caravan route to Lar.
QEHFARUKH—Lat. 32°17'N. Long. 51°2'B. Elev. 6,900'.
The chief village in the Chehat Mahal district of the Bakhtiari country,
the first village reached within Bakhtiari jurisdiction from Isf, ban (53 miles
by the Bakhtiari caravan road, and the 3rd stage on that route). The word
Oehf is the same as Kaf or Kuf, Bakhtiari and old Persian for Kuh a moun
tain. It is called by older travellers Genva-i-Rukh, meaning the same.
The road enters the Chehar Mahal from the north by the Gardan-i-Rukh
about 10 miles north of the village. The village stands on a broad, stony
plain in the middle of a large area of cultivated and irrigated land.
It is a large and populous place, with many wide streets with fine streams
of water running through them. It contains about oOO houses with a pop
ulation of some 2,500, and has several square, loopholed towers and a small
ZT A mill is near the village and another on the road 3 miles to the north-
east On its north-eastern extremity is situated the Kaleh of Muhamm d
Juvad Khan, the Muntazam-ud-Dauleh, the son of a former, and nephew of
the present (1905), Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of the Bakhtiari. It is evidently of two periods,
the old part of sun-dried bricks, the new part of kiln-dried bnc s.
There is extensive cultivation of wheat and barley belonging to the village.
A large stream of water, rising from 2 qandts, 3 and 6 miles distant, respective
ly, in the same direction, flows past the village. There are some gardens
and a number of fruit trees as well as a certain number of willows, planes
and poplars ; 53,000 lbs. of grain are sown yearly; 10,000 krans are paid
annually in taxes. . . ,, ^
Supplies of all kinds in fair quantity and water are obtainable. Tern-
peratuie on 7th April 48°, barometer 22' »0\-(Preece-Re V ort o journey
through the Bakhtiari Country to ShusMar-1903-Arbuthnot, 1905.)
QEHIZ or QAIZ—
A plateau in ’Iraq, crossed by the route from Isfahan to Burujird just be
fore reaching Nimagird, 83 miles from Isfahan. Highest part of the plateau
K A

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The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

The volume contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 488.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 481-486).

Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (487 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 489; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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